From 2017 - 2023, I served as the Executive Director for the Bronx River Alliance and Bronx River Administrator for NYC Parks. Before that, I worked for 12 years at the Alliance in roles of ascending leadership and responsibility. 

Through my leadership, we:

• Opened 25 new acres of waterfront parkland in the South Bronx.

• Secured and guided investments of more than $250 million in greenway and restoration projects.

• Opened River House, a new environmental education center, boathouse, and community gathering space on the banks of the river in Starlight Park

• Developed a strategic vision for the Alliance’s Education Program which led to two new paid internship programs for youth in EJ communities.

• Co-founded RAIN, a citywide coalition focused on green infrastructure maintenance and workforce development.

• Doubled the organizational budget of the Bronx River Alliance.

• Ensured coordination of ecological restoration work from salt marshes, riparian forest restoration, and one of NYC’s most successful oyster reefs!

All throughout, I worked with an incredibly diverse array of partners ranging from community based organizations to Federal agencies. I have been honored to have my work recognized by Congress Member Ritchie Torres, the Urban Waters Federal Partnership, NYS Assembly Member Kenny Burgos, and the Bronx River Alliance. 

I enjoy building cross-cultural connections and speak rusty Spanish and Japanese that I learned while living and researching abroad in Osaka and Sendai, Japan; Guayaquil, Ecuador; and Tome, Chile. I also enjoy playing classical and bluegrass cello in small, friendly circles.

My academic background includes a bachelor’s of science in Public Health/Environmental Science and Policy from UNC at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in City Planning from MIT. 

I live in the Bronx with my husband, two children, and our dog Mitchell.